Oppression, Autonomy and the Impossibility of the Inner Citadel

Autor/in	Nelsen, Peter
Titel	Oppression, Autonomy and the Impossibility of the Inner Citadel
Quelle	In: Studies in Philosophy and Education, 29 (2010) 4, S.333-349 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0039-3746
DOI	10.1007/s11217-010-9187-6
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Personal Autonomy; Professional Autonomy; Theories; Beliefs; Cognitive Processes; Feminism; Political Attitudes; Social Theories; Reports + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individuelle Autonomie; Berufsfreiheit; Theory; Theorie; Belief; Glaube; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Feminismus; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Gesellschaftstheorie; Abschlussbericht; Berichten
Abstract	This paper argues for a conception of autonomy that takes social oppression seriously without sapping autonomy of its valuable focus on individual self-direction. Building on recent work in relational accounts of autonomy, the paper argues that current conceptions of autonomy from liberal, feminist and critical theorists do not adequately account for the social features of belief formation. The paper then develops an alternative conception of relational autonomy that focuses on how autonomy contains both individualistic and social epistemic features. Rather than consider autonomy to reside in an impenetrable inner citadel, a place immune from external influences, the paper argues that we must acknowledge the hermeneutic relationship between individual and social processes of belief adjudication. Taking such an argument seriously results in the need to alter our conception of autonomy and the schooling needed to foster its growth. (As Provided).
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